I sat bolt upright only to be met with the pain in my side again.
"Hey Tyson! Calm down buddy! It's ok!" Came a reassuring voice and two hands eased me back down on a soft mattress.
"Maxie?" I ask, unsure.
"Yeah Tyson, buddy, it's me." Max said and I feel him brush strands of my midnight blue hair away from my forehead.
"What happened?" I breathe, feeling hot and sweaty. Then I remember something and shoot back up. "Kai!"
"Tyson! For Pete's sake! Calm down!" Max cries, easing me back down. "What about Kai? Is he hurt? Was he at the bridge?"
My heart thumps against my chest; so…Kai…didn't rescue me? But I saw him! I saw him with my own eyes!
"But… wasn't he the one who saved me?"
Max shakes his head. "Tyson, Kai's in Russia. Like he has been for the past month."
I lay silent for a minute or two, thinking… I'm sure I saw him. I saw him reach out for me… he grabbed my arm before I blacked out… in the river…
"Tyson…You ok, pal?" Max asks.
I sniff. "Yeah. I thought he was the one who saved me… I saw him Maxie…" I trail off. "I saw him…" I repeat.
"Tyson buddy, you lost a load of blood and almost suffocated! You must've hallucinated."
I sigh. "Well, if Kai didn't save me, who did?"
"Ray." He says simply. "He heard the gunshot and-" He pauses at the expression on my face, which is probably pure horror. "Yes Tyson. Gun. Now don't you dare interrupt, cos I'm on a roll here. Right, yeah, Ray heard the bang and ran towards where he heard it and found you on the riverbank; which is odd, because you fell in and…" He shakes his head. "Doesn't matter. What matters is that you're safe." He gives me a look that a mother would give a naughty child. "Now, go to sleep. I know what you're like when you're cranky."
"Fine." I huff and close my eyes. "But I don't get cranky."
"Yes you do." There was a final tone in Max's voice, so I shut up and tried to let the darkness of sleep claim me…
I had lain awake for at least ten minutes, but hadn't opened my eyes; not once. I listened to the others, pottering around, checking on me and… did I say they were pottering around? Heh, I don't feel like getting up (Which I have to admit is normal for me, but I really don't wanna get up now.), I just…don't. The thought of my own eyes betraying me and getting my hopes up that Kai rescued me… Damn them.
But Maxie was probably right; I probably did hallucinate. But how did I end up on the riverbank…? That must've been a hallucination as well… These hallucinations really get on your nerves after a while…
Someone enters the room and sits by my futon. I don't want to open my eyes to see who it is…I don't feel like talking to anyone yet…
"Tell me is he wakes up, Ray." Hilary's voice drifts to my ears from the door.
So Ray's sitting with me…that's nice of him… But he's a nice guy, ya know? Totally trusting…
"Tyson, I know you're awake."
He…damn neko-jins…
"G'way." I mumble, rolling over so my back is to him. I hear him give a sigh; he must be hurt. "Listen Ray. M'kay. Just tired. Thanks for rescuing me yesterday. 'Preciate it."
"But I'm still staying here. Doctor wants someone with you to check up on you and stuff."
"Kay…" I mutter. Then I sigh and roll onto my back, dumping the covers off the top half of my body as I go. I stare up the ceiling. "I'm just so confused, Ray."
"About what, Tyson?"
"Just…the fact that I fell in the river, but Max said you found me on the riverbank… were there two creepy guys around?"
Ray shook his head. "No. Just you on your own." He frowned. "Why? Were they the ones who attacked you?"
"Yeah. I think. Is Dragoon ok? They said they'd take him too." I start to worry.
"Dragoon's fine. Your brother's looking after him."
I give a sigh of relief. Hiro would look after it…
"Listen Ray. You might not believe me on this, but I saw Kai. He pulled me out of that river. I just know it…and I feel it." I sigh. "It just…fits. You found me on the riverbank, right?" Ray nods his head. "So Kai pulls me out, hears or sees you coming and runs."
"But why would Kai run?"
"I dunno." Something strikes me. "So you believe me?"
Ray looks unsure. He turns round as if to check if anyone was there.
"Tyson, don't tell anyone this but…when Hilary sent me to go get you, I…thought I saw him. I thought it was a trick of light, or my eyes and mind betraying me…but then when Max told us that you said Kai saved you…I pieced it together, like you have." He paused. "So unless there's a crazed fan running around dressed like Kai, then I…think he…is here."
I stared at Ray with a (I hope, anyway) blank expression.
"You care for him don't you?" I asked.
Ray shook his head. "Not in that way. Brotherly, yes. Crush, no." We both looked into each other's eyes for a while. "But you do."
I know I can't back out of this so I turn my head back to stare out the high window.
"Yeah…" I breathe.
I feel something on my forearm; Ray's hand. I turn my head back to stare into his golden eyes.
"He'll be back, Tyson. And I'm sure everything will be ok."
A/N- I apologise for the lateness. I've been stressed with school and personal things, as well as updating the MANY fanfics I've written. But that's mah fault, so I shan't bore u.
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